Davao lawyers oppose midnight appointment of Chief Justice

By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao lawyers are restive over the issue of the President’s impending appointment of a new Chief Justice, following a Supreme Court ruling which allows her to do this despite a standing ban on this action in the Philippine Constitution.

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Fears of a first time voter in May’s automated elections

By DAISY C. GONZALES For Rufina Parojinog and over 50 million voters nationwide, it would be their first time to see an unfamiliar pre-printed election ballot. It will be quite unlike the manual elections where voters fill up the ballot to cast a vote.

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